Collar and garment fastener.



No. 898,239. PATENTBD SEPT. a, 1908.-

WI MI COLLAR Am) GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1907- I M Z W/LHELM/NHMLO'WRIE. damp NW ATTOFNE Y8 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILEELMINA M. LOWRIE, OF NEW YORK,N. Y.

"COLLAR AND GARMENT FASTENER.

Application filed May 21, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILHELMINA M. Low- RIE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of N ew- York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Collar and Garment Fasteners, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a mounting for ornaments ofvarious characters, whereby to adapt said ornaments as collar fastenersor fastening devices for various portions of a garment, and to soconstruct said mountings that opposing hooks practically integral withthe mountings are employed for attaching purposes, and to so constructthe hooks that while they may be quickly and conveniently introducedinto or purposely removed from a fabric, article or garment, they willnot even in the presence of violent exercise or similar exertions leavetheir set position. 7

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a device of the characterdescribed,

that will support and lend strength to an ornament, and wherein theornament will strengthen and conceal the device, all without interferingwith the effective use of the hook-shaped retainers.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the complete fastener; Fig. 2 is an edgeview thereof; and Fig. 3 shows the fastener applied to a garment,

The ornament A is of any suitable size or description, and the mount Bis preferably of about the same or smaller size than the ornament A, sothat the ornament will practically conceal the mount. The mountSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 374,968.

shown, consists of two parallel rods 10 and 11 of suitable gage, each ofsaid rods terminating at its outer end in a hook 12, the bill 13 of thehook being curved inwardly toward the back of the mount, and the freeend 14 thereof being bent approximately parallel with the body of therod on which the hook is formed as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The rods areconnected with the ornament by means of a plate 15 having on the edgesthereof sleeves within which are held the rods.

By forming the hooks as described, they will readily enter the fabric 0,and when in place, the free end of the bill of the hook is concealedfrom sight, and cannot be caught by other parts of the garment, thepoint of the hook being beneath the cloth. At the same time the fasteneris easily applied and removed, it only being necessary .to shift thefastener longitudinally to release one hook and then in the oppositedirection to release the other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

A mount for ornaments comprising a top section, a rod secured to the topsection, said rod terminating at each end in a hook, the bill of thehook being curved inwardly toward the top section, and the free end ofthe bill being approximately parallel with the body of the rod on whichthe hook is formed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILHELMINA M. LOWRIE. Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, JOHN P. DAVIS.

